Book/Printed Material A. R. Parsons' appeal to the people of America. Chicago, Ill. Sept. 21, 1887.
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Image 1 of A. R. Parsons' appeal to the people of America. Chicago, Ill. Sept. 21, 1887. A. R. PARSONS' APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA. To the American People — Fellow Citizens: As all the world knows I have been convicted and sentenced to die for the crime of murder—the most heinous offense that can be committed. Under the forms of law two courts—viz., the criminal and supreme courts of the state of Illinois—have sentenced me to death as an…- Contributor: Parsons, A. R. - Parson, A. R. - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1887
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Image 2 of A. R. Parsons' appeal to the people of America. Chicago, Ill. Sept. 21, 1887. Association, an organization composed of the millionaire employers of Chicago. I submit to a candid world if this hired spy would not make false reports to earn his blood-money. Thus it is that for speeches I did not make and articles I did not write I am sentenced to die because the court “assumes” that these articles influenced some unknown and still unidentified person…- Contributor: Parsons, A. R. - Parson, A. R. - Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1887